Khenpo Dazhen: Reflection is the best practice

Gen-la Renqing: Why is there a difference in the afterlife? What does it mean to practice in general?

Some people say that I only recite the Buddha to seek rebirth, which is also very simple, with enough faith and will, to ensure that the righteous thoughts of dying are not lost, and then I can die. When you get there, which one do you sit on, it depends on how much effort you have put in here now, and you don't want to buy it when you get there

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-04

Gen-la Renqing: Sentient beings behave differently in the process of practice

When we find something that is not as good as the Fa, I think he is not as good as the Fa, so if you think like this, then he is him, I am me, and we will become our own Buddhas, understand? One year I was giving a lecture in a place, and an old lady stood up: Master, my neighbor has received the Bodhisattva

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-03

Gen-la Renqing: What does it mean to practice kung fu?

Shakyamuni Buddha and Maitreya Buddha are fellow practitioners and have practiced together, but the biggest difference between them is that one Shakyamuni Buddha and one Maitreya Buddha have a difference of more than 5.67 billion years to become a Buddha, because the progress of refinement is not enough, if you do not improve, even if you do good

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-03

How to recite the Buddha to be effective, and how to practice to be effective, he has the same theoretical basis, it is to be rational and diligent, these are all points, if you are in the process of reciting the Buddha, you have to have a very good understanding of the principles of the Dharma

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-03

Nowadays, when many people hear that "all dharmas are empty," they don't choose cause and effect. This is still not really understanding emptiness. If we only cultivate emptiness and do not choose cause and effect, we are also miscultivating. In emptiness, we also have to hold on to cause and effect. The Dharma is empty, and the void is nothing

comeuppanceTime: 2025-06-03

A believer asked the teacher, "Master, the current world is very chaotic, and I am afraid that it will affect my practice, so I want to go to a pure place to retreat and practice, and I hope that Master will give me guidance." Gen-la Hui Guang replied: I have nothing to guide you but to give you an analogy: if you close it

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-01

Master, is there a relationship between giving and spiritual practice? Generosity is the most direct way to develop compassion. Charity is the fastest way to accumulate merit. Charity is the most powerful weapon to subdue my slowness, and generosity is the most extraordinary way to subdue greed. Whether it's financial charity,

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-01

Ananda was the youngest brother of the Buddha and the most intelligent and studious of the Buddha's disciples. Once, he took a bowl and went into the village to ask for water. Entering the village, Ananda saw a well by which a young woman was drawing water. The girl turned around when she heard the sound, and the two of them

Knowledge of BuddhismTime: 2025-05-31

Meditation is between thoughts. If we can use our wisdom to turn the thoughts of greed, hatred, foolishness, slowness, jealousy, and obstacles, then we will move step by step towards nirvana. That is, to allow our hearts to reach true stillness.

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-29

Reflect on our own hearts from the bits and pieces of our lives: When I am with others, does a little arrogance arise? When I do this, do you think I'm amazing? Your own thoughts are clearest. Slowly turn the wisdom of the Dharma

Han charactersTime: 2025-05-28

When practicing diligently, the second ancestor of Master Rurui broke his arm in the snow to seek the Dharma, and asked Patriarch Bodhidharma to give him peace of mind, but Patriarch Bodhidharma just said to him: "You have peace of mind, bring your heart, and I will give you peace!" The second ancestor realized it when he said it. We have learned a lot, and we can also say that we have been practicing, why we are here

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-27

Master Cizhou said in "Lectures on the Buddha Amitabha Sutra": When we practice, we must enter the door and get what we want, so that we can enter quickly. On the other hand, if you don't get the key to enter the door and the lock can't be opened, I'm afraid you won't be able to enter the door for the rest of your life. To say the Three Jewels

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-27

Chapter 5 ignores the unkindness of heaven and earth, and regards all things as dogs; The saints are unkind, and they use the people as dogs. Between heaven and earth, what is it? Void and unyielding (jué exhausted, exhausted), moving and exploring. It is better to keep the middle than to talk too much. That's it

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-26

Chapter 11 Nothing is used with a total of thirty spokes (the part of the gǔ wheel center shaft), when it is none, there is a car use. 埏 (yān) 埴 for the instrument, when it is not, there is a use of the instrument. Chisel household 牖 (yǒu window) is thought to be a room, when it is not, there is a room. Therefore, there is something for profit, and there is no one

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-26

Chapter 4 and light are the same as the dust, and the use of it or not is profitable. 源 (yuān) 兮, like the sect of all things; File (cuò) its exchange, solve its disputes, and its light, with its dust. Zhan (zhàn) 兮, like or exist. I don't know whose son is the first of the emperors. [Dao Chong, and use it or not profitable. This

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-26

Is there a correlation between the closing time and the state of practice? Retreat, also known as the retreat, was not a term and practice in India, and it was not until after the Yuan Dynasty, and even in the Ming Dynasty, that there was no record of this practice. Therefore, it can be said that there are different kinds of great practitioners

golden sayingDate: 2025-05-25

Section 3 Accessible position: See Dao position 3, accessible position. It is said that the bodhisattvas live and see the way, and they are in the position of accessibility, and they are truthfully accessible. What's the difference? If the time is in the cause, the wisdom is not obtained, and the time is only the knowledge, and the two take the same thing, so the commentary is the mastery position: also known as the seeing Tao position. bit of the original place. It is for the Bodhisattva

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-23

How do you know how to choose the right practice for you? Venerable Master Mingzheng taught: There are 52 stages of Buddhism, and the levels are different, but the six stages of Dharma are immeasurable, just like a bodhisattva cultivating the six perfections, before you become enlightened, you have practiced the six perfections from the moment you believe in the Buddha.

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-21

Cultivation is for the purpose of cultivating the mind, and the purpose of "self-grasping and self-love", breaking "afflictions", holding mantras, chanting, worshipping Buddha, listening to scriptures, and listening to the Dharma are all means of cultivation, not the ultimate goal. The practice of Buddhism is not for the sake of seeking supernatural powers, but for the purpose of training me

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-18

Toshitaka Suzuki: The Zen Master's Mind Part 1 The Practice of Body and Mind 4 Ripples are Your Practice4 Ripples are Your PracticeAlthough there will be ripples in your heart, the nature of the mind is pure, like clear water with a little ripples. In fact, water is always brought

Buddhist fablesDate: 2025-05-14

The earth is at the lowest point, and we dig foundations and build houses on the earth, and we plant trees and flowers on the earth...... We can nourish the earth, we can destroy it, but it's the same for the earth. Whether it's to protect it, or to destroy it, the earth

comeuppanceTime: 2025-05-09

Some people have a good use that is easy to lose, and they are always in poverty; Some people always want to make money, but they can't make it even if they try their best; Some people make some money temporarily, but they quickly lose it and become poor again...... This is karma, in past lives

comeuppanceTime: 2025-05-09

Surrender the six roots, that is, the best practice monastery we are all very familiar with, do not use the "superstitious" eyes to look at, to worship incense to the Buddha, to pray and make vows. It is necessary to have a correct understanding of the meaning of worshipping incense and worshipping the Buddha, so as to increase happiness and blessing to you.

Buddhist fablesTime: 2025-05-03

Ritual confession is the pre-emptive convenience of entering the Tao (Buddha and repentance, "The Meaning and Purpose of the Practice of Sutra Confession and Confession") (1) The correct meaning of paying homage to the Buddha (2) In order to seek the Buddha's path, one should first repent of all sins and karma (3) There are three kinds of desire to repent of sins (4) There are three kinds of ritual confession for ordinary people and confessions for saints

Han charactersTime: 2025-05-02

You take a ball and hit it against the wall, and it bounces back, that's the pullback. The bodhisattva is always happy, and the bodhisattva is always happy, so he can also make all sentient beings happy. Because the bodhisattva himself is happy, all sentient beings are happy when they see the bodhisattva, and they are influenced by the bodhisattva

The Venerable Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-04-25

When someone wants to cultivate, the devil comes to him, and because there is no virtue, it is said, "The virtuous are the first, and the rich are the end." "Those who study the Dharma begin to plant seeds in the ground. After the seed is planted, can it be born? It also depends on the various fates. all

The Venerable Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-04-23

Shao Weihua's book: Only by clearly understanding the purpose of cultivation can we sacrifice ourselves and forget ourselves This is because our party's governments at all levels and cadres at all levels have attached great importance to religious undertakings since reform and opening up. China's religious undertakings have not only developed by leaps and bounds, but also religious communities have been harmonious and stable. From me

Be a personDate: 2025-04-16

Huang Nianzu: Renunciation is the foundation of spiritual practice, and it is often said that it is easy to be wise and difficult to be liberated. It is easy to talk about it when you can get rid of all kinds of entanglements in the world (wife, sons, daughters, fame and wealth, and enjoyment of life), but it is difficult to do. There are even monks who have gotten rid of their family dependents in the world

Other causal storiesDate: 2025-04-15

Some people have a bad habit of spitting and throwing garbage in public places. Would you do that if it were in your own home?" No, this is my home, you can't just spit and you can't just throw garbage. "Didn't do it in your own home

comeuppanceDate: 2025-04-14

Shi Huiche: Misunderstanding in the early practice Misconception 1: greedy, those who read a lot of scriptures, the path is also, the meaning of the route, when we go to a place, we have to have a goal, go through a certain distance, just like crossing a river, from this bank to the other side, we need to have a tool, and so is learning Buddhism

golden sayingTime: 2025-04-13

【Daily Master】Lamrim Lecture Notes - ExcerptsIf you want to practice, that is, everyone wants it, but not everyone has the conditions to practice. How do you say that? We may wonder why everyone wants to practice. Right! Take our Dharma now

Han charactersTime: 2025-04-12

I used to recite the Great Compassion Mantra every day, visualizing Avalokiteshvara shining light above my head to remove the karma of my disciples, and I became like Avalokiteshvara, purifying the Dharmakaya, and then reciting the mantra myself in the Dharma Realm. Now, can the disciple visualize Master and you as an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara, in the fourth practice?

Han charactersTime: 2025-04-06

Why do we practice? On March 21, 2010, we will now discuss "Why do we practice and what is the purpose of our practice?" Our intentions need to be clear. Tell me where you are in your practice.

Han charactersTime: 2025-04-05

4. Analysis of the Key Points of Meditation in the Mind 1.General Please first look at the information in your hand, which is also on page 200 of the book "The Stages of the Path to Liberation in Aham", and the information in your hand is 5b. Let's take a look at this paragraph first. The Buddha told sentient beings, "Bhikkhus

Han charactersDate: 2025-04-04

In the past, the Buddha gave the Garden of Solitude to the monks at the Gishu in the kingdom of Sawei, and said, "There are four kinds of practitioners, who are respectable and valuable, and who are blessed fields in the world. What are the four types of practitioners? It is the four kinds of practitioners: faith, Dharma obedience, personal evidence, and enlightenment. What is a trustholder?

Knowledge of BuddhismDate: 2025-04-04

Question: I once heard this eminent monk say: When you wake up in the morning, pay attention to what your first thought is, whether it is nonsense, chaos or mindfulness, and then you will know what your state is. When I wake up every morning now, I don't care, let alone me

Han charactersDate: 2025-03-31

The Easiest Way to Practice Published: Luohe Tiandi Show [Article Space Message]Date:2018/10/24 20:00:00Bookmark Weibo, WeChat, Alipay to share the teachings of the Venerable Master Xuanhua on the afternoon of June 17, 1958

The Venerable Master XuanhuaDate: 2025-03-28

If you don't practice, you have demons, like schizophrenia; Practice, there is also a time for demons. How to prevent enchantment:1. Sincerity is now the five turbid evil worlds: turbidity, turbidity, troubles, sentient beings and fate, and there are too many mental illnesses. We should practice with sincerity

Han charactersTime: 2025-03-27

In the Dharma, there is no second, it is all first, and no matter which Dharma is the first. Someone asked me that there are 84,000 ways of Buddhism, and which one is the first, the highest, and the most wonderful? Guess how I answered? I said that there are 84,000 ways of Buddhism.

The Venerable Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-03-27

These four kinds of attachments will ruin your cultivation First, those who are greedy for non-practitioners in this life, in the six realms of reincarnation, this life is very short, and the temporary benefits are all unreliable and impermanent. Therefore, a true practitioner will not covet these temporary benefits in this life and this life

Talking about the Buddha and talking about Zen enlightenment lifeTime: 2025-03-23

The essence of practice (23) should be measured according to the holy words that there are too many things and things in places that we ordinary people cannot see with the naked eye, and we should not deny their existence just because we do not see them. The Buddha and Bodhisattva admonished us not to lie, and not to lie is one of the minimum five precepts for learning Buddhism, and the Buddha and Bodhisattva can also lie

Han charactersDate: 2025-03-20

Essence of Cultivation (41) Plants also have life, can they be killed? Generally, beginners do not know the definition of sentient beings, and now they even say: Plants also have life, plants also have feelings, and if you say not to kill living beings, you should neither kill animals nor plants. Actually, life

Han charactersTime: 2025-03-19

The essence of practice (52) Choose good and stubborn A person wants to be good and evil, all in one thought, to become a saint or sage, or to be willing to fall is also completely determined by one mind, therefore, there is no way for good and evil, and the transformation of a person's destiny is mainly in his own hands, so he should usually be

Han charactersTime: 2025-03-19

Venerable Da'an: Although the Pure Land Dharma has the ultimate care for the world, it does not leave the worldly Dharma, and in fact it can help the worldly Dharma, so why does the Pure Land Dharma talk about the three blessings of pure karma? It's you who want to do it first

Master DaanTime: 2025-03-19

Venerable Zhihai taught: We should try to hear as much as possible, and by learning and hearing more, we can gradually achieve wisdom, wisdom, and cultivation. Cultivation is to attain wisdom through cultivation. After studying the Lamrim and the Mirror of Cause and Effect, we understand that the cause and effect of becoming a Buddha are very deep

Han charactersTime: 2025-03-18

This is a unique way of practice in Japanese Buddhism, which is called "the most cruel practice in history" by netizens, and "a thousand days back to the peak" is a unique practice method of Japanese Buddhism, and is called "the most cruel practice in history" by netizens

Talking about the Buddha and talking about Zen enlightenment lifeTime: 2025-03-17

I often say that the most important thing in practice is to learn to make yourself braver and more courageous. Courage is not about arguing or fighting with others, but about having the courage to face difficulties when they come to you. When your aggregates are blazing and you are full of troubles

Han charactersDate: 2025-03-15

These two things are very important obstacles to the practice of the Venerable Master Xuanhua's compassionate teachings: Leave greed, practice pure giving, keep pure vows, do not be blind and endure humiliation, be unremitting, keep going, leave greed, practice pure charity, do not have ambitions, I practice the method of giving now, and what I will get in the future

The Venerable Master XuanhuaDate: 2025-02-25

The cause of happiness is called good, the cause of trouble and pain is called evil, and cherishing life is the cause of happiness. For each of us, life is the most precious. We run around every day just to support our own life. Once life is in danger, wealth is great

comeuppanceDate: 2025-02-11

The Eight Negative Causes That Interfere with Our PracticeThere are eight negative states of mind or negative causes that often recur in the course of our study: The first is that after studying Buddhism, we cannot get rid of our troubles overnight, and sometimes greed, hatred, ignorance, and suspicion will take the form of quite violent and intense

Jizo Bodhisattva platformDate: 2025-02-10